Minor in Urban Education

The School of Education offers a Minor in Urban Education designed to give students an overview of the complexities of urban education, historically, socially, politically, economically, and culturally, in the United States. Students will be required to take at least three of the five courses in the School of Education. This program of study allows students to begin considering the unique challenges faced by students and educators in, and the communities surrounding, urban schools. While there is an emphasis on the social, political, and historical impacts on educational systems in large cities in the US, there is also study of instructional issues especially pertinent to urban schooling. The Minor in Urban Education consists of five courses, one required and four electives from a variety of departments across campus.

Program of Study

The minor in Urban Education is 15 credit program.

Required (3 credits)

ED 100

Introduction to Education or

ED 101

Introduction to Urban Education

Educational Core (6 credits)

ED 340

Seminar on Culturally Relevant Pedagogy

ED 378

Politics of Urban School Reform

ED 344

Race, Class, and Gender in Education

ED 441

Special Topics in Education

ED 464

Qualitative Approaches to Urban Education

ED 466

Language, Culture and Literacy

Electives (6 credits)

EC 345

Economic Problems of Cities prerequisite EC 102

SC 365

Neighborhood and Community in Urban America prerequisite SC 101 or SC 102

SC 420

Social Capital and the Social Construction of Opportunity prerequisite SC 101 or SC 102

Baltimore: Its History and Architecture prerequisite one 100 level history course

HS 351

American Urban Culture: A Tale of Four Cities prerequisite one 100 level history course

PY 253

Multicultural Issues in Psychology prerequisite PY 101

PY 450

Introduction to Black Psychology

LW 103

Law and the City: Planning, Politics, and Justice

SP 312

312 Cultural Diversity in Communication

Declaring A Minor

Undergraduate students interested in pursuing the minor must schedule an appointment to meet with the urban education minor advisor before declaring the minor.

Students who wish to add, change, or drop a minor must submit a Change of Minor form to the Records Office (MH 141). Be sure to get all the signatures required prior to submitting thhis form. The Change of Minor form is available on the Records Office website under forms, or in the Records Office (MH 141).